Badlands of the Republic

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The relationship between space and politics is explored through astudy of French urban policy. Drawing upon the political thought ofJacques Rancière, this book proposes a new agenda for analysesof urban policy, and provides the first comprehensive account ofFrench urban policy in English. * * Essential resource for contextualizing and understanding therevolts occurring in the French 'badland'neighbourhoods in autumn 2005 * Challenges overarching generalizations about urban policy andcontributes new research data to the wider body of urban policyliterature * Identifies a strong urban and spatial dimension within theshift towards more nationalistic and authoritarian policy governingFrench citizenship and immigration

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Mustafa Dikec

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"This is a knowledgeable, intelligent, and highly readableaccount of an issue that has featured prominently in Frenchpolitics and public policy during the last quarter of acentury." (Journal of Planning Education and Research,8 September 2008) "It's a fine book. Doubly so, for not only does it meld theoreticaldeftness with convincing empirical information, it also has thevirtue of taking us out of our English speaking milieu...Are you aninquisitive urban geographer? If so, having read Dikeç as yourindispensable primer, next time you're in Paris leave the EiffelTower behind and go out to La Courneuve. Or in Strasbourg, view thecathedral but then board the Line C tram right next to it whichtakes you out to Le Neuhof, like La Courneuve one of the originalsixteen social development urban neighborhoods. Get a taste ofanother, and real, urban France. Dikeç has." (GeographicalReview, December 2010) "This brilliant empirical riff by Mustafa Dikeç onRanciere's idea of the 'given' of governmental intervention asapplied to the 'banlieue' of French cities shows how attempts torealize the ideal of 'the one and indivisible republic' throughplanning founder because French urban policy is also profoundlyinvolved with making places that violate that very ideal." John Agnew, UCLA "This book is an extraordinary achievement. Hardly a year afterthe momentous revolts in the banlieues of France's big cities,Mustafa Dikeç offers not only a razor-sharp dissection ofurban struggles, but, more importantly, demonstrates how thepolitics of space work in today's France and how a progressiveurban politics can be reclaimed. A must read for all thoseinterested in urban social movements and have not given up on thepossibilities for a genuinely humanising urban politics." Erik Swyngedouw, Manchester University"This brilliant empirical riff by Mustafa Dikeç on Ranciere'sidea of the 'given' of governmental intervention as applied to the'banlieue' of French cities shows how attempts to realize the idealof 'the one and indivisible republic' through planning founderbecause French urban policy is also profoundly involved with makingplaces that violate that very ideal." -John Agnew, UCLA "This book is an extraordinary achievement. Hardly a year afterthe momentous revolts in the banlieues of France's big cities,Mustafa Dikeç offers not only a razor-sharp dissection ofurban struggles, but, more importantly, demonstrates how thepolitics of space work in today's France and how a progressiveurban politics can be reclaimed. A must read for all thoseinterested in urban social movements and have not given up on thepossibilities for a genuinely humanising urban politics." -Erik Swyngedouw, Manchester University
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